Fish Grotto

{{Short description|Defunct seafood restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}

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The Fish Grotto Seafood Restaurant, or simply Fish Grotto, was a seafood restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Established in 1891 as Zack's Oyster House, the business also operated a neighboring bar called Sand Bar at Fish Grotto, or simply Sand Bar. The restaurant stopped operating in January 2014.{{Cite web|last=Beck|first=Byron|date=2014-01-10|title=UPDATE: Downtown's Fish Grotto Closed 'Indefinitely'|url=https://pdx.eater.com/2014/1/10/6299207/update-downtowns-fish-grotto-closed-indefinitely|access-date=2021-05-07|website=Eater Portland|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510142306/https://pdx.eater.com/2014/1/10/6299207/update-downtowns-fish-grotto-closed-indefinitely|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Spencer|first=Aaron|date=2014-01-09|url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-31102-fish-grotto-restaurant-is-closed.html|title=Fish Grotto Restaurant is Closed|newspaper=Willamette Week|access-date=23 November 2021|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512221227/https://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-31102-fish-grotto-restaurant-is-closed.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Stevens|first=Suzanne|date=2014-01-10|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2014/01/fish-grotto-a-portland-institution.html|title=Fish Grotto, a Portland institution, closes|website=Bizjournals.com|access-date=2021-11-21|archive-date=2017-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614233752/http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2014/01/fish-grotto-a-portland-institution.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Butler|first=Grant|date=2017-01-17|title=84 more closed Portland restaurants we're missing|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2017/01/another_round_of_memories_84_m.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-07|newspaper=The Oregonian|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021054906/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2017/01/another_round_of_memories_84_m.html}}

File:Sand Bar at Fish Grotto, Portland, Oregon (2014).jpg|Sand Bar menu, 2014

See also

{{Portal|Food|Oregon}}

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